Date of birth | September 5, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Earl of March Secondary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Guelph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Gerald Howard (born September 5, 1993) [1] is a Canadian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker for the NOLA Gold of Major League Rugby (MLR) and the Canadian national team. [2]
Howard started his rugby career with the Ottawa Beavers, [3] before joining the Brantford Harlequins in 2014.
In 2017, he signed for the New Orleans Gold team who play in the professional Major League Rugby competition, [4] later going on to captain the team in the 2019 Major League Rugby season.
Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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MLR 2018 | New Orleans Gold | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
MLR 2019 | New Orleans Gold | 14 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
MLR 2020 | New Orleans Gold | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 22 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 |
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